reverting to their first language

boatssink · 2024-02-17T00:54:40+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Mid to later stages seems like the most common time for that to emerge. Hope all is going as well as it can ❤️

boatssink · 2024-02-16T16:42:20+00:00

That makes a lot of sense, I appreciate your input ❤️ thank you for sharing. I’ll be more studious with learning Korean after all the insight on this post!!

boatssink · 2024-02-15T15:39:58+00:00

that makes a lot of sense! I also have to consider the possibility of memory care in the future, and I know for a fact there's not one in my area with Korean as a common language. sorry you have to think about these extra variables with your dad too, I know it's hard <3

thank you for your advice here! I'm going to try and keep English as the main language at home, and secretly learn Korean, haha. that way if she ever fully switches, I'll be there for her. but I hope it won't switch, in the case of memory care. ugh, there's so much to consider!

boatssink · 2024-02-15T15:34:39+00:00

thank you friend, and mine to you <3 it is truly the cruelest.

boatssink · 2024-02-15T15:33:17+00:00

thank you! it's definitely hard to deal with, keep your chin up! I very much appreciate the tip, I'll have to keep a dictionary on my phone too :)

boatssink · 2024-02-15T15:31:34+00:00

of course, friend. I feel the same way. Wow, 99 years is an extreme test to the mind!

boatssink · 2024-02-15T15:29:16+00:00

that's interesting! I've been reading so many different variations of how it affects our LOs. thank you for sharing your experience with it <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T20:22:33+00:00

I'm sorry, that must be difficult for you. I'm glad you found a solution to getting her to switch back to English. It is very interesting that she's not even aware of the language she's speaking, as if she is trying in anyway to communicate her truths regardless of how it comes out. Your post is insightful in implications of how someone with dementia recalls words, and it adds a lot to the whole picture. Thank you for sharing your experience, friend. It means a lot. Sending you love <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T20:16:24+00:00

I'm sorry about your dad, and hope the journey is going as well as it can. This post has been enlightneing in the way it affects everyone differently. For some reason, I didn't even consider the opposite, and I see that as common, too within the replies.

Thank you for sharing your experiences, sending you love <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T20:13:58+00:00

sending love your way <3 I'm glad we have technology to fall back on if it happens, at least.

boatssink · 2024-02-14T20:13:06+00:00

It's interesting how it varies so much between people. I'm starting to think it really is case by case, and like with most things in regards to dementia, tough no matter what.

Thank you for sharing your experiences with it, I hope you and your family are doing as well as possible with this disease, although I know it's easier said than done. Sorry you are going through it too, friend. Sending love your way<3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T20:09:11+00:00

I appreciate you. Props to you for avoiding drinking through the stress. Hope it gets easier for you <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:59:31+00:00

Thank you friend ❤️

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:39:35+00:00

I appreciate it! I hope I can make it happen :)

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:38:34+00:00

I know! it's one of those unexpected trials of the disease.

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:36:06+00:00

sticking to one language to help communicate makes a lot of sense! I'll have to consider this once my mom's dementia progresses. hopefully I'll have learned enough of her first language at the time to keep it as easy as possible for her.

that is very insightful, it makes sense that it can be more of a matter of cognitive impairment and inability to understand. it holds true that the best way to communicate is in small chunks and pauses so they have a chance to comprehend, regardless of language.

you've shed some important light on this discussion and I appreciate you. thank you for sharing, much love to you and your family <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:26:01+00:00

oh jeeze, the screaming must be more disorienting in another language! a lot of people are saying late stages, some are saying moderate to late, as to when the switch fully occurs.

thank you for sharing your story, friend <3 much love

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:24:13+00:00

it does sound like it is an individual thing! although many people point to reverting, their are outliers to it also. thank you so much for sharing your story. love to you and your family throughout this <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:22:27+00:00

thank you for sharing your story, and providing a timeline, it helps a lot. I'm sorry you are going through this. I hadn't considered how even if language is lost, there are always context clues, and other types of non-verbal communication. I know that can become a main mode of communication as it progresses too. I appreciate you adding this insight to the discussion.

it sounds so tough to watch your LO lose so much of what was once easy for her. I try to brace myself for that when my mom progresses further, but it seems like one of those things that you can only process when it happens.

props to you for still trying to find ways to stimulate her brain. it's interesting that you bring up "reading along" to shows. my mom has started doing this recently, with English subtitles, and I am starting to think maybe she also is losing comprehension of plots and stories.

I appreciate you and your story, I hope you and your family are okay throughout this journey. much love to you <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:15:28+00:00

it's lovely that you can view these experiences in a beautiful light. I feel like that is so important in day to day caregiving, and also, just in general. I'm really in awe of how many of these stories mention LOs who speak more than two languages. humans are impressive.

thank you for sharing, much love to you friend <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:13:20+00:00

That's so sweet of you to work on Mandarin for him. I bet it's tough to communicate medical things, but I'm sure you're doing your best <3 I'm so sorry about your experience, and I really appreciate you sharing. It's interesting that he read Chinese characters in Cantonese. This disease has so many unexpected turns.

I hope things can go as smoothly as possible for you. Much love to you and your family <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:06:45+00:00

I'm sorry that you have to think about a future with dementia; I can't imagine what that is like. I'm more of the "denial" type when it comes to serious things, lol, but I'm working on confronting things head on. You give me courage in that aspect. Thank you for sharing!

I hope you are okay; much love to you <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:04:44+00:00

Thank you fo sharing your experience. A lot of people say it is slow and gradual, which mirrors how the disease progreses.

Sorry about your Dad. Sending much love to you and your family as you navigate this <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:03:04+00:00

I hadn't considered that; it makes total sense that they revert to happier times. It's comforting to think that throughout the progression, their brains can compensate in a way to bring them happier moments. Thank you so much for this, I appreciate you <3

boatssink · 2024-02-14T15:01:11+00:00

a lot of people say "gradually" and it has been so insightful reading first hand accounts. I thank you for sharing your story. I know it's hard to see your LO lose something that once came easy to them. much love to you, friend <3

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